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Root [WIP][DEV] Custom Recovery/Bootloader unlocking Work In Progress Thread

sammyz said:
I think it will just brick...can someone use CWM to erase /system??? that will get you fastboot......if CWM works. I'm so confused.
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as Shabby said thats dangerous with the wrong fstab in there
sammyz said:
So basically we have 3 options:
1) Forge the kernel signature
2) Get LG to unlock bootloader
3) Find a dev who can get the bootloader unlocked

I think 3 will happen first.
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most likely wont happen, need the key LG signed it with, and if its anything like what moto uses, it aint happening. ;)

And unlike the LG Spectrum, no previous version available to pack up its unlocked bootchain and use.

angryGTS said:
oh hell, ill try it if I can get into CWM from the 4X apk
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getting to it in the apk isnt hard at all, it wont install/run afterwards. ;)

enigmadroid said:
Mayhap we could compile CWM using our rec.img, board config, fstab, default.prop, etc. Determine what services need to be stopped on our device in order to allow mounting /system as writeable and reflecting this in the scripts. Following Dexter's methodology using the raw ramdisk, since we can't flash boot.img or rec.img to the proper partitions. Pack that shiznit up and test it. We should be able to use what we have as a roadmap. If I had another Motion I would test but I'm limited.
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you're sorta correct, the Boardconfig isnt on the device, it has to be written for it, granted Shabby and I have one, but compiling CWM isnt the issue, its repacking that apk or building a new to install it all and it all work correctly.

And basically what happens is the bootstrap/2init loads the cwm files each time you boot to recovery
 
Glad to see progress on so many fronts. For a phone that XDA isn't supporting we seem to be pushing along just fine. Thanks again to everyone working to make the motion the best damn phone I can afford ;)
 
tested and this is what it looked like when i booted recovery....i got 2 green lg symbels at the top for a split second then a couple blue and green lines coming up from the bottom for another split second then a blank screen with thebottom buttons lit up
 
officer623 said:
tested and this is what it looked like when i booted recovery....i got 2 green lg symbels at the top for a split second then a couple blue and green lines coming up from the bottom for another split second then a blank screen with thebottom buttons lit up
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Did you have to do the unbrick process or can you still use the phone?
 
omgbossis21 said:
Did you have to do the unbrick process or can you still use the phone?
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Yes I did I also had to reformat after so my pc picks up the phone and then reroot my phone....luckily I backed up my stuff with the app that came with the phone called backup and was able to restore without having to redownload my apps lol
 
I'm no developer but I decompiled the apk from the xda thread. Replaced the original ramdisk for boot with ours. Replaced the recovery ramdisk with clockworkmod made with ours. Replaced the fstab and netd with ours. I don't have a tester MS770 to try it on though. FWIW I encountered no errors while building.
 
i downloaded them both this time on a computer....and put them on my sd card lets see what happens :)



nope no luck on either way i download them....none install sucessfully
 
I was brave and installed the app. Thought it was time I helped out. :) Seemed to have installed just fine. Ran the app. Gonna restart we'll see what happens.




Good news, phone didn't brick. Bad news, reboot into recovery caused standard reboot.
 
How do I manually reboot into recovery?
It installed fine but the recovery reboot didn't work. I know there had to be a easy to do it manually
 
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